Church of St. Euphemianos
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The Church of St. Euphemianos is a small medieval church, about 2 km to the southwest of the village of Lysi in the Famagusta district of Cyprus. It is a very small, single-dome, stone building and th
Church of St. Euphemianos in Lysi, Cyprus (June 2010)
Side-view of the church
The original dome frescoes depicting Christ Pantokrator. Photo taken during restoration work done by the Department of Antiquities in 1972
The dome of the church in its present state with the frescoes removed (June 2010)
Lefkoniko
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Lefkoniko is a town in the Mesaoria Plain under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, claimed by Cyprus. Lefkoniko is the birthplace of Cypriot national poet Vasilis Michaelides and is known for it
Church of St. Euphemianos
…is almost certainly a corruption on the name of St. Euphemianos, a local 12th-century saint who led an ascetic life in a cave near the village of Lefkoniko in the plain of Masaoria, and was one of "three hundred" Palestinian refugees who fled to Cyprus during the Arab persecutions against the Christians…
The main square of the town
Archangelos Michael Church in 2019, following restoration works.